PASC - SEIU Homecare Workers Health Care Plan

PASC - SEIU Homecare Workers

Health Care Plan

for In-Home Supportive Services Workers

A Helpful Guide to Your Health Care Benefits Una gu?a ?til para sus beneficios de atenci?n de la salud

2014 / 2015

A Helpful Guide to Your Health Care Benefits

Thank you for your membership with L.A. Care Health Plan. When you join, and then every year, you will get this package of important information in the mail. It is about your health coverage. We need you to read and understand it.

This Member Handbook you are reading contains the Evidence of Coverage and Disclosure Form (EOC). It has the terms and conditions of your health care benefits, summarizes the L.A. Care Health Plan (L.A. Care) policies and rules, and tells you how to get health care. The Member Handbook is broken down into the following sections:

? Combined Evidence of Coverage and Disclosure Form.......................................................... 3 ? How to Get Your Prescription Drugs.........................................................................................53 ? Stay Healthy ? Preventive Health Guidelines for Adults.......................................................55 ? Notice of Privacy Practices.........................................................................................................59 ? Nurse Advice Line ? List of Audio Health Topics....................................................................63

The information listed below can be found in this Member Handbook:

Basic Information ? What benefits and services are covered ? What benefits and services are not covered ? How your health plan makes decisions about when new treatments will become benefits ? What care you can and cannot get when you are out of Los Angeles County or the L.A. Care network ? How to access care when you are out of Los Angeles County ? How to change or get care from your primary care physician (PCP) ? How to get information about doctors ? How to get a referral for special care or to go to the hospital ? What to do when you need care right away or when the office is closed ? What to do if you have an emergency ? How to get prescriptions filled, other pharmacy program information and updates ? Co-payments and other charges ? What to do if you get a bill ? How to keep you and your family healthy guide

L.A. Care has the following Special Programs: ? Quality Improvement Programs to tell us how we can improve quality of care, safety and services for

our members. These Programs tell us how to measure our progress so that we can meet our goals and provide quality services and decide what we may need to change ? Case Management Programs for members who have difficult medical problems ? Programs to better manage diseases, like diabetes and/or asthma

How Decisions Are Made About Your Care ? How our doctors and staff make decisions about your care based only on need and benefits. We do not encourage doctors to provide less care than you need and doctors are not paid to deny care. ? How to reach us if you want to know more about how decisions are made about your care ? How to appeal a decision about your care

Member Issues ? Your rights and responsibilities as a health plan member ? How to complain when you are unhappy ? What to do if you are disenrolled from your plan ? How L.A. Care protects and uses your personal health information

You may view this Member Handbook before enrollment in a program. Be sure to see our website , or call us at 1-888-839-9909 if you would like paper copies.

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2014?2015 PASC-SEIU Member Handbook

PASC-SEIU Homecare Workers Health Care Plan for In-Home Supportive Services Workers

Combined Evidence of Coverage and Disclosure Form (Member Handbook)

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Table of Contents

Customer Service

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Welcome!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Health Information Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Identification Card (ID Card). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Provider Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Language and Interpreting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hearing Impaired Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vision Impaired Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Health Care Access for Patients with Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Service Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Timely Access to Non-Emergency Health Care Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Helpful information at

on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Member Bill of Rights

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Member Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Member Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

How to Get Care

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Primary Care Physician (PCP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Scheduling Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Referrals and Prior Authorizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Referrals to Specialty Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Standing Referrals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Second Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 How to Find a Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Emergency and Urgent Care Services. . . . . . . . . . 14 Non-Qualified Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Continuity of Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Grievance & Appeals

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L.A. Care Grievance Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 How to File a Grievance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 How to File a Grievance for Urgent Cases. . . . . . . 17 Independent Medical Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Review by the Department of Managed Health Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Eligibility and Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Payment Responsibilities

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Monthly Premium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Co-payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Annual Co-payment Maximum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Member Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Summary of Benefits

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Plan Benefits

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Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment ? Inpatient. . . . . 27

Alcohol/Drug Abuse Treatment ? Outpatient. . . 27 Asthma Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Blood and Blood Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Cancer Clinical Trials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Cataract Spectacles and Lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Confidential HIV and STD Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Dental Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Diabetic Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Diagnostic X-Ray and Laboratory Services. . . . . . 28

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Emergency Care Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Eye Exam/Vision Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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